Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Vol. 54, No. 5, 2026)

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 250 Years of the Declaration of Independence · Episode

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"Cypriot Migration to Australia until 1952" published on 29 Oct 2026 by Brill.

Volume 54, Issue 4 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

This article contributes to the research on the histories of public health, specifically tuberculosis, in the British Empire. During the inter-war years, coordinated efforts began across the Britis...

This article contributes to the research on the histories of public health, specifically tuberculosis, in the British Empire. During the inter-war years, coordinated efforts began across the Britis...

Volume 54, Issue 3 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

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Why Cyprus must extend the vote to those who cannot reach a polling station.

Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

This article examines the recruitment strategies employed by the British colonial administration to mobilise the Orthodox Greek and Muslim Turkish Cypriot communities for the Macedonian Mule Corps ...

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In 1928, the Australian authorities told the British government that they would no longer accept Cypriots into the country because of the widespread destitution of those already in Australia. This cha...

70 years after the start of the EOKA campaign to unite Cyprus to Greece (enosis), this essay revisits the nature and activities of EOKA, and its legacy. Most Greek Cypriots and Greeks believe in wh...

Professor Andrekos Varnava is an expert on the British Empire. He shares his research and why knowing history is integral for the future.

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Business and Labour in German Colonialism. Volume 54, Issue 1 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

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The United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus has been hit by a drone, the Cyprus Mail learned in the early hours of Monday morning. Personnel on the bases were informed that a “small drone” ...

Defence secretary John Healey has revealed that UK assets in the Middle East are at risk from Iranian retaliation

This article examines how sovereignty and treaties functioned as colonial instruments during the British occupation of Java (1811–1815). The British East India Company imposed the language of sover...

70 years after the start of the EOKA campaign to unite Cyprus to Greece (enosis), this essay revisits the nature and activities of EOKA, and its legacy. Most Greek Cypriots and Greeks believe in wh...

In September 1958 Archbishop Makarios, the Greek Cypriot leader, told Barbara Castle, the then Chair of the British Labour Party, that, after three and a half years of violence from EOKA (Εθνική Ορ...

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Andrekos Varnava is a Greek Cypriot and it has been the privilege of Flinders University in Adelaide and Australia-at-large to have him researching and teaching in their various reaches. CYPRUS is …

The Australian Academy of the Humanities has today announced the election of 30 new Fellows. Election to the Academy is the highest honour in the humanities in Australia, recognising scholars whose wo...